Because She Can

Couldn't put it down.

I loved this book. It was an easy read. What I liked is that is was different that all the other romantic novels I have read.

Not a BAD book, but not a great one either

Agreeing with everyone else - this book is such an obvious rip off Devil Wears Prada. It's essentially the same book set in the publishing industry rather than the fashion world. Based on the summary on the back of the book & the similarity to Devil Wears Prada, I'd figured out the ending by the third chapter. It wasn't a bad book, it just felt like I'd read it before.

Great Book

If you are a fan of The Devil Wears Prada, you will enjoy this book. It is an easy read. I read it in almost one sitting. Wish it was longer!

don't waste your time

A real knock off of The Devil Wears Prada. Poorly written, boring,I couldn't relate... put it down after 150 pages of nonsense.

BECAUSE SHE COULD SHE DID

If you couldn't put down 'The Devil Wears Prada,' you'll thoroughly enjoy 'Because She Can.' Once again we meet a talented, hard working young girl in New York City, Claire Truman, who has the misfortune to land a job working for a wicked witch boss. Vivian Grant is the boss, and she's a shrew who can't be tamed, given to shouting diatribes, manipulation, and all manner of underling humiliation. Author Bridie Clark was formerly an editor for ReganBooks so it's not a stretch of the imagination to realize from whence her inspiration came. Judith Regan, once in high cotton at Harper Collins, was fired after the O. J. Simpson book debacle (remember, she was going to publish a book by Simpson that contained an interview about his wife's murder). All of this is to say that Clark knows of what she writes and she pens it very, very well. Our heroine finds herself perplexed by her feelings for Randall Cox, a terrific looking, successful guy and her attraction to Luke Mayville who has just finished his first novel. She loves the book and touts it to Vivian despite the harridan's motto 'Smut sells.' What to do? Claire is involved with two attractive men. Which one is for her? That is, if there's anything left of her after suffering the slings of Vivian. She is getting three times her previous salary but is it worth it? Voice performer Mary Birdsong has a flair for comedy (Deputy Kimball in Comedy Central's Reno 911! )and she brings this to her stunning reading of 'Because She Can.' She ably conveys Claire's innocence and struggles. - Gail Cooke

an enjoyable look at working for the boss from hell

The New York publishing world knows that Vivian Grant, CEO of Grant Books, is the nastiest person in Manhattan. Her staff affirms what everyone knows that Vivian is the boss from hell, cursing them when she is not having a tantrum that would be the envy of the most terrible two years old. Her firm is renowned and profitable for best-selling exposé books that make tabloids jealous as Vivian understands ¿smut sells¿ to American women who never get any outside of novels.------------ Literary fiction editor Claire Truman knows the reputation of Ms. Grant as the queen of mean and Grant Books as the schlock of literature, but accepts the position of an editor anyway. Claire learns quickly what working for Vivian means and not just having her skin ripped off by her meanness Vivian demands pounds of flesh 24/7. This constant requirement interferes with her relationship with her handsome successful fiancé Randall Cox and her dreams of being kissed by Luke Mayville, the writer she recently met.----------- Although this takes place inside book publishing (where the author worked) instead of magazine publishing as the case of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, BECAUSE SHE CAN is also an enjoyable look at working for the boss from hell. As long as the audience is not in a similar employee relationship with a Marquis de Sade supervisor, readers will find the antics amusing, as Bridie Clark using hyperbole (I hope that is) provides a portrayal of the nasty malicious manager although that tale has been told obviously before.----- Harriet Klausner

A reviewer

This was a great book. Yeah, it may remind you of The Devil Wears Prada. But, this but is just as good. While I am reading this book, I can help but see myself in it. I go through the same where I work at. This book is funny and I you will enjoy it.

A poor 'The Devil Wears Prada' clone

Very disappointing, the book has similiar themes to 'The Devil Wears Prada' but is unable to capture excitement of 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I consider this book a cheap knock-off.

PITCH (AND WHAT RHYMES WITH IT) PERFECT VOICE PERFORMANCE

If you couldn't put down 'The Devil Wears Prada,' you'll thoroughly enjoy 'Because She Can.' Once again we meet a talented, hard working young girl in New York City, Claire Truman, who has the misfortune to land a job working for a wicked witch boss. Vivian Grant is the boss, and she's a shrew who can't be tamed, given to shouting diatribes, manipulation, and all manner of underling humiliation. Author Bridie Clark was formerly an editor for ReganBooks so it's not a stretch of the imagination to realize from whence her inspiration came. Judith Regan, once in high cotton at Harper Collins, was fired after the O. J. Simpson book debacle (remember, she was going to publish a book by Simpson that contained an interview about his wife's murder). All of this is to say that Clark knows of what she writes and she pens it very, very well. Our heroine finds herself perplexed by her feelings for Randall Cox, a terrific looking, successful guy and her attraction to Luke Mayville who has just finished his first novel. She loves the book and touts it to Vivian despite the harridan's motto 'Smut sells.' What to do? Claire is involved with two attractive men. Which one is for her? That is, if there's anything left of her after suffering the slings of Vivian. She is getting three times her previous salary but is it worth it? Voice performer Mary Birdsong has a flair for comedy (Deputy Kimball in Comedy Central's Reno 911! )and she brings this to her stunning reading of 'Because She Can.' She ably conveys Claire's innocence and struggles. - Gail Cooke

I really liked this book!

I loved Bridie Clark's witty urban language. She also truly captured the life of the New York single gal struggling with career and romance. My friends and I can totally see ourselves in Clark's writing. I just hope all the dreadful bosses out there aren't, at least secretly, gratified to be depicted in a novel.

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